My film was called Taken, I decided to anaylise the scene when his daughter gets kidnapped by three men.
What types of emotions did I experience? emotions I experience were shock, rage, upset and tense
How did these emotions shape my responses? (what did I do or think as a result of these emotions?) These emotions shaped my response to the scene as when I was watching the clip I hid my eyes with my hands.
How did the film engender these emotions? (think about the micro & macro elements and alignment with characters) The film engendered these emotions as the camera flicked from the daughter to the dad, the sound also created a sad and dim atmosphere this made tension build as we didn't know what to expect. The lighting was dim and gloomy this also help to make the mood sad and build up tension, the structure of the film built up my rage as previously we saw the dad and daughter being close and the relationship of father and daughter, we also know that the daughter was lying to her dad and didn't leave him the number to were they were staying.
How did these emotions shape my experiences with the film? (Think of the film as a whole rather scenes separately) After watching this scene I wanting to watch all the film as it made me grip to the storyline and wanting to follow the dads search to find his daughter.
Vladimir Propp's 7 Character Actions are: 1) The Villain - Struggles against the hero. 2) The donor - Prepares the hero or gives the hero some magical object. 3) The (magical) helper - Helps the hero in the quest. 4) The princess and her father - Gives the task to the hero, identifies the false hero, marries the hero, often sought for during the narrative. Propp noted that functionally, the princess and the father can not be clearly distinguished. 5) The dispatcher - Character who makes the lack known and sends the hero off. 6)The hero or victim/seeker hero - reacts to the donor, weds the princess. 7)[False hero] - Takes credit for the hero's actions or tries to marry the princess.
The film opens with a view of mountains, their is a sound bridge of women laughing and screaming in the boat down a rocky waterfull it enhances how close the women are as friends and informs the audience that the women are active and sporty. The lighting is natural with the sound of the water enhanced to create a atmopshere for the audience. We then get a shot of a man and a little girl who shouts out 'mummy' this add's to tension as the audience worry what is about to happen. As the 3 women fall down the waterfall it happens in slow motion this is forshadowing that can happen late in the film between the women. Music starts playing in the background it is non diegetic, the music is sad and slow this helps to add tension. The women continue to laugh with each other, we get a close up of the little girl smiling this effects the reader as we know something bad is about to happen but are unsual what is going to happen. We can tell by the way one of the woman and the husband of another woman look at each other that perhaps they are having an affair. The closenest between the little girl and her mum is shown. When the family are in the car we hear diegetic sound of the car, we get a shot of the mother and daughter laughing and playing together and the father look ahead at the road this add's tension as now the audience realise something is about to happen. As the two cars hit each other the sound of the cash is enhance this shows the audience, the road they are driving on is surronded by trees. The camera then zooms out on the car to show the effect on the car.
The clip i have choosen is from 06:01 and the film is called Pirates of the Caribbean it is the last fighting scene in the film between Captain Jack Sparrow ( Johnny Depp) and Barbossa ( Geoffrey Rush). In this clip I will be looking closly at the mise-en-scene and sound. We first get a long shot of the fight to not only show the fight but to also show the audience the 3 holes that are letting in life this could symbolise hope, and could show that it will be an important part in this scene, we also get alot of close-ups, two shots and birds eye view shots. The costumes are old fashioned, ripped and torn aswell as dirty however the guards costume are smart, clean and bright this is to show the good and bad. Keria Knightlys costume is a mix of both this could be to show that she is half with the pirates and also half with the guards. She also wears red this symbolises red, danger, passion and blood. The only few props are the coin that Jack fiddles on his hand, the swords and the boats. The setting is dark, hidding, dirty, broken and surrounded by sea, the weather is dark and glommy the only source off light is from the moon we get a long shot when we see the moon to show this and how far they are away from help and other people. The sound starts with fast pace music this pace chances between the different people, the music addes tension to the atmosphere. When it changes to the skeltons the sound is all crackling it sounds as if bones are being broken. The music stops when we go to the other pirates on the boat. Most of the sounds are enhanced such as the water splashing, the swords hitting one another and the coin being fiddled on Jacks hand. The tone of Jack Sparrows voice is cockey and cheeky as on the other hand Barbossa tone of voice to more evil, dark and scary this shows the difference between the two characters.
My film was called Taken, I decided to anaylise the scene when his daughter gets kidnapped by three men.